CHAPMAN, PHILLIP “PHIL” PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 29, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
PHIL WAS BORN AUGUST 10, 1907 AT ANTLER, NORTH DAKOTA. HE CAME FROM NORTH DAKOTA IN 1910 WITH HIS PARENTS THOMAS AND WINNIFRED (nee:NELSON) TO THE LOMOND AREA. HE BEGAN SCHOOL AT MIDWAY AND COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT LOMOND WHERE HE WORKED AROUND AND HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM. IN 1932 HE MOVED TO THE WEST COAST TO WORK IN A SAW MILL. HE MARRIED LOUISE GERHAN IN 1936, AND IN 1939 THEY RETURNED TO ALBERTA TO FARM AND OPERATE A SERVICE STATION. IN 1946 HE TOOK OVER THE IMPERIAL OIL AGENCY UNTIL 1950 WHEN HE OPERATED A POOL HALL. IN 1953 HE RETURNED TO THE IMPERIAL OIL BUSINESS. PHIL RETURNED TO FARM AT LOMOND IN 1963 UNTIL RETIRING INTO LOMOND WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
PHIL LOVED HIS FAMILY AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM. HE ESPECIALLY LOVED AND CARED FOR HIS WIFE LOUISE, THROUGH HER ILLNESS, AS IT BROUGHT THEM CLOSER TOGETHER.
PHIL IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 58 YEARS LOUISE OF LOMOND, A BROTHER CECIL CHAPMAN OF NEEPAWA, MAN., A SISTER VIOLET (WAYNE) -RUGGLES, A SISTER-IN-LAW MAY CHAPMAN, ALL OF LOMOND, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, FOUR SISTERS ALICE, HAZEL, RUTH AND GLADYS AND A BROTHER RALPH.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1994 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH REV. CHRISTINE SELBSTAEDT OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY AT 3:45 P.M.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS TO EITHER THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA, 1011-2 AVE. SOUTH LETHBRIDGE, T1J 0L8 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.